Since you alone are responsible for your thoughts, only you can change them.
PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDAPeople are running, running, but there is no place in the world to which they can flee to escape themselves. Ultimately, each one must face himself.
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Meet everybody and every circumstance on the battlefield of life with the courage of a hero and the smile of a conqueror.
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Do your best and then relax. Let things go on in a natural way, rather than force them.
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Be as simple as you can be; you will be astonished to see how uncomplicated and happy your life can become.
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The happiness of one’s own heart alone cannot satisfy the soul; one must try to include, as necessary to one’s own happiness, the happiness of others.
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When you learn to get along with yourself, you will know how to get along with everybody.
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If you permit your thoughts to dwell on evil you yourself will become ugly. Look only for the good in everything so you absorb the quality of beauty.
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Seclusion is the price of greatness.
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As water by cooling and condensation becomes ice, so thought by condensation assumes physical form. Everything in the universe is thought in material form.
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Proper visualization by the exercise of concentration and willpower enables us to materialize thoughts, not only as dreams or visions in the mental realm, but also as experiences in the material realm.
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In the state of love, no matter what you do, it’s going to be good.
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Change yourself and you have done your part in changing the world.
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Divisions are imaginary lines drawn by small minds.
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If you are in a dark room, don’t beat at the darkness with a stick, but rather try to turn on the light
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Most of the world is like a mental hospital. Some persons are sick with jealousy, others with anger, hatred, passion. They are victims of their habits and emotions. But you can make your home a place of peace.
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Untrained warriors are soon killed on the battlefield; so also persons untrained in the art of preserving their inner peace are quickly riddled by the bullets of worry and restlessness in active life.
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